Issue with Filter Context Not Syncing When Navigating Between Reports in Power BI App

[Mukta]

Hi All,

I am currently navigating from one Power BI report to another within a Power BI App using a button with a Web URL action. The navigation itself works correctly—the target report opens as expected—but I am facing issues with filter context not syncing properly.

Current setup

• The source and target reports both contain the same field (study_id) from the same dimension table.
• A DAX measure is used to capture the selected study_id from the source report.
• This selected value is then passed to the target report using a URL filter (?filter=) as part of the navigation link.

Issue observed

• When the target report opens, the expected filter value is not applied correctly.
• Instead of updating the existing study_id filter already present in the target report, a new filter appears in the Filters pane.
• The filter name in the target report appears as “Study ID”, and the original filter does not reflect the selected value from the source report.
• Because of this, the filter behavior in the target report is inconsistent, and users are required to manually reapply or adjust filters.

Question

Is this behavior expected when using URL‑based filters between reports in a Power BI App?
Are there any recommended best practices to ensure that:

• The passed study_id value updates the existing filter in the target report rather than creating a new one?
• Filter context is reliably preserved when navigating report‑to‑report within an App?

Any guidance, known limitations, or alternative approaches (such as cross‑report drillthrough or model alignment considerations) would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time and support.

[cengizhanarslan]

Cross-report drillthrough is the recommended approach for passing filter context between reports in the same App:

1. In the target report, go to a page → Format pane → enable Cross-report drillthrough
2. Add study_id to the Drillthrough fields well on that page
3. In the source report, right-click a visual that has study_id in context → Drillthrough → target report page

[pankajnamekar25]

Hello Use cross-report drillthrough on a shared dataset it preserves filter context natively. If you must use URL filters, ensure theflter= parameter matches the exact model table/column name (DimStudy/study_id, not the display name), and point to the workspace report URL rather than the App URL.

[Mukta]

Thankyou Pankaj, I will try this out